In a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Vice President Mike Pence addressed the family and friends of the victims of United Flight 93 and the hundreds of citizens attending a somber service in Pennsylvania.Pence told the crowd he was in Washington as a member of Congress on 9/11. That’s where he learned a hijacked plane was heading to the U.S. Capitol and was only 12 minutes away. He says that was the longest 12 minutes of his life, but he soon learned the plane went down in a field in Shanksville, Pa.Thirty-three passengers and seven crew members were killed.The ceremony started at 9:45 a.m., the time that federal investigators determined passengers decided to revolt against their four al-Qaeda hijackers, who ended up crashing the plane in a field 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.Pence says those passengers might well have save his life."I will always believe that I and many others in our nation's capital were able to go home that day to hug our families because of the courage and selflessness of the heroes of Flight 93," Pence said. "So for me, it's personal, and I speak on behalf of a grateful nation but thank you for giving me the privilege of speaking on behalf of my little family as well."

In a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Vice President Mike Pence addressed the family and friends of the victims of United Flight 93 and the hundreds of citizens attending a somber service in Pennsylvania.

Pence told the crowd he was in Washington as a member of Congress on 9/11. That’s where he learned a hijacked plane was heading to the U.S. Capitol and was only 12 minutes away. He says that was the longest 12 minutes of his life, but he soon learned the plane went down in a field in Shanksville, Pa.

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The ceremony started at 9:45 a.m., the time that federal investigators determined passengers decided to revolt against their four al-Qaeda hijackers, who ended up crashing the plane in a field 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Pence says those passengers might well have save his life.

"I will always believe that I and many others in our nation's capital were able to go home that day to hug our families because of the courage and selflessness of the heroes of Flight 93," Pence said.

"So for me, it's personal, and I speak on behalf of a grateful nation but thank you for giving me the privilege of speaking on behalf of my little family as well."